Tamping and stoking attachment for tobacco pipes



ma 1%, 1936. E, HAA zmwss TAMPING AND STOKING ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO PIPES Filed March 25, 1935 INVENTOR:

-Emil .F fzaas,

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 19, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TAMPING AND STOKING ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO PIPES 2 Claims.

My invention relates to a tamping and stoking attachment for tobacco-pipes and it includes means for pressing the tobacco more compactly in the bowl of the pipe. The attachment also includes means for loosening the tobacco if pressed too closely in the bowl. Means are also provided whereby the attachment can be readily applied to the bowl of the pipe without changing the shape of the bowl or requiring special preparation of the same.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the pipe with the bowl thereof partly broken away and equipped with my attachment.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the attachment removed from the pipe.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a ring whereby the attachment is secured to the bowl of the pipe.

Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation of an inverted, approximately U-shaped device forming the tamping and stoking elements of the attachment.

In said drawing, A designates an ordinary tobacco pipe having the usual bowl B for reception of the tobacco. Referring more particularly to the attachment constituting the present invention, 2 designates a ring adapted to be fixed to the upper portion of the bowl B, as shown by Fig. 1, and provided with an eye 4.

6 designates an inverted, approximately U- shaped device having a tamping arm 8 terminating at its lower end in a coil l0, and a stoking arm l2 adapted to slide and rotate in the eye 4 from which it may be removed when desired. The upper ends of the tamping and stoking arms 8 and I2, respectively, are united by an arch l3 adapted to extend over the upper edge of the bowl B.

I4 designates a member projecting from the upper portion of the device 6 to cooperate therewith in forming a finger rest I6. The member l4 may also be used as a finger-grip when raising the device to the dotted line position shown by Fig. 1.

In practice, when it is desired to fill the bowl B with tobacco the device 6 is raised as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 1, and the stoking arm 12 is rotated in the eye 4 to swing the tamping arm 6 and its coil ID to one side to clear the top of the bowl B so that the same may be readily filled with the tobacco, after which the tamping arm 8 with its coil 1 0 is swung back into position over the bowl and lowered to bring the coil l0 down into contact with the upper portion of the tobacco. As the smoking proceeds the smoker may compact the tobacco in the bowl B from time to time as found necessary by pressing downwardly upon the finger rest I6, but should the tobacco become so tightly packed as to interfere with the draft of the pipe the tobacco may be loosened by removing the device 6 from the eye 4 and pushing the stoking arm I 2 down through the tobacco.

The stoking arm I2 is longer than the tamping arm 6, so that when the device is raised to the dotted line position, Fig. 1, to permit the coil ID to clear the upper end of the bowl B said stoking arm l2 will remain in the eye 4 and thus act as a guide for the device.

The device 6 is preferably made of metalfsuch for instance, as nichrome, having a very low heat conducting quality so that it will not burn the finger of the smoker when pressed down upon the finger rest l6.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that the present invention affords a ready means of tamping the tobacco in the bowl of the pipe, or loosening the tobacco in the event it becomes too compactly pressed, and while I have shown one form of the invention I reserve all rights to such other forms and modifications thereof as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An attachment of the character described comprising a ring provided with an eye and secured to the upper portion of the bowl of a tobacco pipe, and an inverted U-shaped device comprising a tamping arm and a stoking arm united at their upper ends, said stoking arm being slidably and rotatably mounted in the eye of the band and of greater length than the tamping arm so that the latter may be raised to clear the top of the bowl of the pipe without disengaging the stoking arm from the eye.

2. An attachment of the character described comprising a ring provided with an eye and secured to the upper portion of the bowl of a tobacco pipe, a device made of metal having low heat conducting qualities and comprising a tamping arm coiled at its lower end and a stoking arm united at its upper end to the upper end of said tamping arm, said stoking arm being slidably and rotatably mounted in the eye of the band and of greater length than the tamping arm so that the latter may be raised to clear the top of the bowl of the pipe without disengaging the stoking arm from the eye, and a member projecting from the upper portion of the device.

EMIL F. HAAS. 

